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  • Re: Reduced oil temperatures..
    Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
    Mon, 1 Jul 2002 00:17:22 +0100
    ...Clive T25 Syncro Transporter van ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kenneth Lewis" <kdlewis@JUNO.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2002 4...
  • Re: Investment cars, was VW means 'Vacation Wagon' :-)
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Sun, 18 Sep 2005 11:17:13 -0400
    ...Next big thing? T2 buses are slowly climbing > > > > its true.. i sold my '78 westy champagne edition for $10k a few yrs ago > (it...
  • Re: Bus vs Vanagon, how times change
    Historical mailing list - Chris S
    Sat, 22 Nov 2008 20:34:12 -0500
    ...a T3 a Bus as to so call a T1 or T2. There > is no stretch in doing so. There is no "Bus vs...
  • Re: Spare gas storage ??
    Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
    Sun, 14 Aug 2011 12:10:46 -0700
    ...there was no actual luggage rack on the t25 California model ... so I can imagine the issue becoming even more of a problem with...
  • Re: tools to have onhand...
    Historical mailing list - Harry Hoffman
    Thu, 18 Nov 2010 09:22:59 -0500
    ...s been a while since I've owned a VW (only T2 before now). Since > > the breakdown I've decided to make sure I...
  • Convincing MYSELF
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 18 Dec 1995 08:48:06 -0700
    ...What problems would I encounter converting the FI to dual carbs? How do the T4 heads match up to T2 carb manifolds? I have...
  • Re: Very Dim Rectangular Square Headlights
    Historical mailing list - Allen Hill
    Wed, 22 Nov 2006 14:02:13 -0600
    ...http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vw-T25-Twin-Headlamps_W0QQitemZ180053042136QQihZ008QQc ategoryZ76066QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Just email him asking if he is willing to ship to America. They...
  • Re: Engine question just curious (long winded reply)
    Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
    Wed, 25 Oct 2017 15:53:00 -0700
    ...Having lived through this era with a '68 Westy and a '78 T2 while waiting for the Vanagon, I did read a lot about...
  • Re: Wood Westie Interiors (T2)
    Historical mailing list
    Sat, 23 Mar 1996 03:02:07 -0500
    >My Question/offer- It wouldn't be much more work to make a template for > cutting out the kick panels, headliner and trim versus...
  • Re: Four Bicycle Carrier VW T2 Trotter in Reimo 2000 Catalogue
    Historical mailing list - Richard O'Halloran
    Sat, 14 Oct 2000 19:17:34 -0700
    <SNIP> the Paulchen rack is rated for a load of 40 kilos, or 88 pounds. Unless you are carrying high end road bikes, four...
  • Re: Drivers Side Door Lock Modification
    Historical mailing list - Simon Glen
    Mon, 15 Jan 2001 10:39:46 +1000
    ...He now owns a T4 (Eurovan) double cab, a New Beetle, a Tatraplan, several T1 and T2 Transporters including a "barndoor", etc, etc. He...
  • Re: SA Quad Grill Kit
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 26 Dec 2005 11:32:57 EST
    ...been all "chromed plastic" for a long time, like since the > T2 production ended. Not sure what you're asking... > > you can wire the...
  • Re: Wood Westie Interiors (T2)
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 20 Mar 1996 15:40:47 -0500
    Clay_Perry@we.xerox.com (Perry,Clay) writes: >Now that I have a camper that moves under its own power I am going to...
  • Re: [T2] help with starter relay? (odd, see pics)
    Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
    Thu, 13 Jul 2006 19:46:47 -0700
    Chris - Pictures are abit fuzzy, but looks similar (you have a Hella mfr'd one) to the Hard Start Relay setup I spoke of...
  • Re: Handling + Stopping?
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Thu, 26 Jun 2003 09:42:31 +1200
    ...Low stiff sidewalls with grippy tread pattern/compound allow these vans to be really belted along tight twisty roads (T2s too!), but a Westy...
  • Re: Very Dim Rectangular Square Headlights
    Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
    Wed, 22 Nov 2006 15:08:00 -0500
    ...http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vw-T25-Twin-Headlamps_W0QQitemZ180053042136QQihZ008QQc ategoryZ76066QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Just email him asking if he is willing to ship to America. They...
  • Re: 84 running issue solved?
    Historical mailing list - David Boan
    Tue, 31 May 2022 16:05:50 +0000
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  • '78 WeStY Raffle (nearly done)
    Historical mailing list - John Anderson
    Thu, 4 Jun 1998 23:06:52 -0400
    ...I'm thinking now that we will shoot for the drawing live on the T2 irc chat server Saturday evening at about 8:00pm...
  • Re: New to List, Best Bus?
    Historical mailing list - Bill Johnson
    Sun, 7 Oct 2001 20:59:46 -0500
    ...New to List, Best Bus? > I have belonged to the T2 list for a few years now, and I always hated > people asking questions...
  • Re: Vanagon Parts Prices Going Up Everywhere
    Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
    Sun, 5 Dec 2004 19:20:50 -0800
    ...Type 2 List Subject: [T2] Bus parts and exchange rates I took it upon myself to resend the following, because many listees are doubtless...
  • Re: New van Style
    Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
    Tue, 6 Feb 2007 22:06:03 -0800
    Just the perspective of an acknowledged noob, but it seems to me that the T2s had loads of panache and romance associated with them...
  • Re: Friday VW--your new van is coming, and it doesn't need you
    Historical mailing list - Neil2
    Sun, 12 Mar 2017 19:35:13 -0700
    ...fancy ones, makes it look like a > piece of luggage somehow. T2, nothing wrong with it. Neat but not gaudy, > as the devil said...
  • Re: What parts needed for gas filler tube install
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Mon, 21 May 2012 11:02:22 -0700
    ...SS * and, PN *251201117 <http://www.vagcat.com/epc/cat/vw/T2/1991/78/50/882462/> * "housing for fuel filler neck" is the same...
  • Re: how to read the Weakly Statz ... :)
    Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
    Fri, 27 Mar 1998 05:40:58 -0800
    ...differentiate from "Buses" which i chose to call > the 1968-1979 T2's), and there were a total of 44 of them (on this...
  • Re: Wht the hell is it?
    Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
    Mon, 12 Feb 2007 12:34:01 -0800
    ...The Vanagon was called, variously, the Transporter, T3, T25, Caravelle, Volksiebus and more that I disremember right now. They came as panel vans, hightop...
  • Re: HELP My wife thiks the van is unsafe
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Fri, 17 Dec 2004 22:39:23 +1300
    ...the T1 (Split) would spin if provoked enough; the T2 (Bay) handled extremely well, and I used to drive my 75 really hard on...
  • Re: Friday: Is it a Van or what?
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Fri, 4 Feb 2011 14:05:31 -0500
    ...yes. >Bus Sorta-kinda but that's mostly reserved for the T2s I think. >Camper Some of them. But we hardly ever use the...
  • Re: Speedometer question
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Wed, 1 Jun 2016 21:21:41 -0400
    ...Jetta/Golf MKI or > MKII odometer and the one from the T25? From the front, they look > identical. I have an old MkI speedometer...
  • Re: Tires (apologize in advance)
    Historical mailing list - Pete O
    Mon, 28 Jun 2021 14:02:25 -0400
    ...Running Grabber !T2 Series 215/65/R16. Did the GoWesy big > brake > > thing, too. > > > > It's still a Vanagon Westy all that entails, but...
  • Re: [T2] BOTC 2009 Is over and done... Here are some numbers for you.
    Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
    Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:06:10 -0400
    And I could have brought my banjos . . . Yes, that's an "s" on the end . . . With the license plate "OT BNJO," it just wouldn...
  • Re: Just wondering
    Historical mailing list - Simon
    Sat, 27 Jul 2002 23:21:58 -0600
    ...slotted aperture at the base of the front doors on > later T2 (bay-windows) and all T3 (Caravelles, Vanagons, etc) takes in > air > from...
  • Re: 1982 Heater Cables for Climate Control - Part Number and Source
    Historical mailing list - S DaRoota
    Mon, 12 Mar 2018 14:04:08 -0700
    ...https://volkswagen.7zap.com/en/rdw/typ+2+syncro/t2/1982-4/7/711-71000/ <https://volkswagen.7zap.com/en/rdw/typ+2+syncro...
  • Re: [T2] EveryBus 2010 - April 15-18, Hagan Stone Park near Greensboro NC.
    Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
    Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:11:45 -0400
    >>Apparently this is the last year that the organizer is planning to run it and as of this writing >>there is no plan for...
  • Re: What Van was that?
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Mon, 02 Jan 95 23:36:15 CST
    ...It had a chrome badge saying 'T21' (italic script) on the grille >below the windscreen. It had a HUGE box top at LEAST half...
  • [T2] a BNNTA event update...
    Historical mailing list - Rob
    Tue, 27 Aug 2013 10:22:04 -0500
    Hi all, Sounds like the oldest Buses coming so far are a couple of '58s who will be vying for the "oldest Bus at...
  • Re: [WetWesties] etka on line with registration
    Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
    Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:49:33 -0800
    ...also has engine codes >> http://www.vagcat.com/epc/cat/vw/T2/1984/4/49/ >> yours >> >> >> >> On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 2:35...
  • Re: [T1] Shifter couplings...
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 5 Mar 1996 12:55:09 -0600
    ...RMMW and it did indeed include everything. (Mine was for a >T2; I'd assume the T1 would be similar.) Works fine but I...
  • Re: Crazy VW
    Historical mailing list - jimt
    Sat, 25 Jun 2005 11:28:06 -0600
    ...need >> to replace, when I >> ran across illustration 150-50 >> (model:T2,Year:90,MG:9,SG:65). It's an >> "additional water pump...
  • Re: Headlight upgrades
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bel
    Fri, 15 Jan 2016 19:54:02 -0800
    ...William Monk <billmonk@GMAIL.COM> wrote: >> >> > http://campervanculture.com/shop/vw-t25-t3-vanagon-high-power-led-headlight- > upgrade-kit/ >> >> New options for headlight...
  • Re: [T2] RMMW is in the clear.
    Historical mailing list - The Old Volks Home
    Wed, 22 Jan 2003 13:14:30 -0800
    At 09:06 AM 1/22/03 -0500, Vanagon man wrote: >here is a note from their site. > >Press release >January 21, 2003 >Rocky...
  • Re: Central Florida and Vanagon sightings on I-95
    Historical mailing list - mathew Bennett
    Mon, 27 Nov 2006 11:37:49 -0500
    ...Florida! But you're right...there seems to be a few T2 here in the Jax area, and even fewer T3. Maybe there are...
  • Re: [WetWesties] Slam! that slider....can you not?
    Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
    Sat, 5 Mar 2011 09:23:39 -0800
    ...My T2 has a handle at the back end so you can pull it "in" when you slide the door forward, but even that...
  • Re: I heard a 'nasty' rumor!
    Historical mailing list - William Alan Killian
    Sun, 3 Mar 1996 22:40:49 -0500 (EST)
    ...The T3 is better than the T2 as well. I admit I want an old T1 split windshield but in pure technical engineering it...
  • Re: Isn't it ironic.....
    Historical mailing list - Kevin ...
    Thu, 8 Dec 2011 17:10:31 -0800
    ...if I saw it available in an arcade, I'd spend the coin for T2 recognition and hope to light it up and be...
  • Re: Oops, inline 4s, was invention of the WBX?
    Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
    Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:46:20 -0800
    ...a 1.7 T3 but assumed >>> >>> it was >> >> the 1.7 T2 lodged in my memory. >>> >>> I >>> >>> was thinking about it and although I...
  • Re: Friday VW--your new van is coming, and it doesn't need you
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Sun, 12 Mar 2017 22:39:31 -0400
    ...fancy ones, makes it look like a >> piece of luggage somehow. T2, nothing wrong with it. Neat but not gaudy, >> as the devil said...
  • Re: Stray wires around the fuse block Help!!
    Historical mailing list - mark drillock
    Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:47:26 -0700
    ...equipped. > > Page 97.145 of the Bentley wiring diagrams shows connector T2h. > > Pin 1 is red/black going to the dash from the A...
  • Re: heavy duty 2nd Battery relay source
    Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
    Fri, 12 Jul 2002 22:21:04 +0100
    ...Would I have to start from scratch? Thanks, Clive Smith '88 Syncro Transporter (known as T25's in Europe) ----- Original Message ----- From: "mark drillock...
  • Re: [T2] [BP] What is this-Is it a compressor??
    Historical mailing list - Ian X
    Fri, 28 Feb 2003 11:26:13 -0800
    I'd say your a month and a day early with this one! Lots of wires true, but many are not connected or grounded...
  • Re: can someone on the list help me
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Tue, 18 Jun 2002 20:37:35 -0500
    ...Stan Subject: [T2] 81 Westy for sale cheap! So Cal Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 18:33:18 -0700 From: "Travis Harper" <flowinkool@sbcglobal...
  • Re: Central Florida and Vanagon sightings on I-95
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Mon, 27 Nov 2006 15:53:47 +0000
    ...Florida! But you're right...there > seems to be a > > few T2 here in the Jax area, and even fewer T3. Maybe there > are...
  • Re: Audi wheels!![long]
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Thu, 27 Aug 1998 07:48:00 -0700
    ...agree with his comments relative to any rear >wheel drive t1, t2, t3, t4 or vanagon, but this DOES NOT hold true for ANY...
  • Headlight Mystery (2 lamp/Halogen)
    Historical mailing list - Cunegonde
    Sat, 22 Oct 2011 23:25:01 -0700
    ...very scary > =20 > _VW Pritsche String Tanga Bus Bulli T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 Doka | eBay_=20 > (http://www.ebay.de/itm/VW-Pritsche...
  • [T1] A journey of sight and sound, inside the rear hubs...
    Historical mailing list - Bob
    Tue, 5 Mar 1996 23:47:21 -0400
    ...I have the [T2] Bentley but it's useless here. After I drain the tranny and RGs what should I fill them with? 80...
  • Re: [T2] EveryBus 2002 Thanks
    Historical mailing list - H Steven Dolan
    Mon, 22 Apr 2002 02:51:07 -0400
    On Sun, 21 Apr 2002, ncbus wrote: > EB02 is over. > > There were well over 160 VW Transporters in attendance and one very > COOL MB...
  • Re: Engine question just curious (long winded reply)
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Thu, 26 Oct 2017 00:49:33 +0000
    ...Having lived through this era with a '68 Westy and a '78 T2 while waiting for the Vanagon, I did read a lot about...
  • BNNTA
    Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
    Sat, 4 Aug 2018 17:17:04 -0700
    Per request - from the T2 & vintagebus lists: Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2018 14:13:54 -0500 From: Bill Bowman <bill@bnnta.com> To: type2...
  • Re: is your Vanagon your main/only vehicle?
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Sat, 12 May 2001 11:27:10 +1200
    ...The T3 generation (T3 implying not Type 3, but Type 2 Series 3, as opposed t o the T1 Split and T2 Bay) is...
  • Re: aerodynamics, was: 101 MPH Vanagon!
    Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
    Sun, 17 Oct 2004 18:45:25 -0700
    ...So, a Vanagon DOES have a larger frontal area than a T2 and have more drag. > Al Brase > > Steven Dodson wrote: > > >This doesn't...
  • Re: How to fix the digital clock?
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Thu, 17 Mar 2011 19:21:45 -0400
    ...Fat red wire proceeds from there to connector T2c >(which feeds the inside lights with skinny red wires) and thence to >fuse/relay panel...